A Welsh Tea punch is an old-fashioned warm punch built on strong Welsh Breakfast tea brewed long, sweetened with honey, sharpened with lemon and spiked with Welsh whisky or dark rum. Think of it as a hot toddy made by the potful, the sort of thing to warm a winter table. There is a 0% version below for anyone not drinking.
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It uses Glengettie Welsh Breakfast Tea. Made in a punch pot, it serves four to six.
You'll need
- 4 Glengettie Welsh Breakfast tea bags
- 1 litre water at a full rolling boil
- 4 tablespoons runny honey
- Juice of 2 lemons, plus a few slices
- 200ml Welsh whisky or dark rum, leave out for the 0% version
- 1 cinnamon stick and a few cloves, for the pot
Method
- Boil the water, drop in the 4 bags with the cinnamon and cloves and steep, covered, 4 minutes. Lift the bags out so it does not turn tannic across a pot.
- Stir in the honey while the brew is hot so it dissolves, then stir in the lemon juice.
- Pour in the whisky or rum and the lemon slices. Heat very gently if needed but do not boil; you do not want to cook off the alcohol.
- Ladle hot from a punch pot or heatproof jug into mugs or heatproof glasses.
- Zero alcohol version: skip the spirit, double the lemon and add a splash of fresh apple juice for body. Stronger version: add an extra shot per glass.
- A clove studded lemon slice on top is the proper garnish.
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Brewed with: Glengettie Welsh Breakfast Tea, 80 Tea Bags 250g
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